Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C40-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, facing away from camera) stands on the steps outside Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, with crew members of the yachts competing in the 1962 America’s Cup race, during a reception in their honor. Those standing in foreground include (L-R): Patricia Ryan Mosbacher; owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; Catherine Schroeder Mercer; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind Mrs. Mercer); President Kennedy; captain of “Gretel”, Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock (behind the President, mostly obscured); captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr.; and owner of “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer. All others are unidentified.